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The government is fighting ISIS online – but could it censor journalists?
The government has developed new technology which can “automatically detect terrorist content” online.
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Final members of British IS ‘Beatles’ gang arrested
They were known as ‘The Beatles’ because of their British accents: now the two surviving members thought to belong to a notorious gang of Islamic State fighters have been captured in north-east Syria. Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, along with two other Londoners, have been linked to a series of hostage murder, including that…
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Syed Abdul Mukit: ‘Please stop your child from carrying a knife’
Syed Jamanoor Islam was just 20 when he died after being stabbed yards from his family home in Mile End, east London. The business studies student had gone for a walk with two friends when a row broke out in the street. His mother watched on as he was fatally stabbed in the leg. His…
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Dozens killed in Kabul bomb attack
Dozens of people have been killed and nearly sixty injured in a suicide bomb attack in the Afghan capital of Kabul. Islamic State militants say they were responsible for the bombs which targetted a Shia cultural organisation and the Afghan Voice news agency. The government says it is the latest in a series of attacks…
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FactCheck: the biggest lies, slips and blunders of 2017
2017 has been a busy year for FactCheck. With a snap election and the start of Brexit negotiations, politicians have churned out a stream of lies, half-truths and misleading claims. Here are the lowlights of 2017, which were exposed by FactCheck. 1. Jeremy Hunt was wrong about NHS staffing Speaking on World Mental Health Day,…
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Man in custody after detonating pipe bomb in New York
A man is in police custody in New York after detonating a pipe-bomb near the city’s busiest bus terminal. Four people, including the suspect, were injured. The New York authorities say the suspect was inspired by so called Islamic State and learned how to make his bomb from the internet.
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Turkey: US ‘to stop arming Kurds’
The Turkish government says US president Donald Trump has agreed to stop supplying weapons to the Kurdish YPG group in northern Syria. Ankara says the Kurdish fighters are terrorists, despite their success fighting against the Islamic State group.
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Syrian troops recapture largest city yet from Isis
The Syrian army says it has recaptured the strategic city of Deir al-Zour. The city had been held by the extremist Islamic State group for the last three years and was its last major position in Syria after recently losing control of Raqqa. Iraqi forces say they’ve also seized control of a crucial border crossing…
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British volunteer fighter dies in Syria
A Briton who had been fighting against so-called Islamic State in Syria has been killed while clearing landmines in Raqqa just days after it was liberated. 24 year old Jac Holmes, who was a former IT worker from Bournemouth, had no prior military training before he joined up with the Kurdish militia, the YPG, two…
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Trump hits back at military widow’s accusations
The widow of a US soldier killed by Islamists in Africa said the President was not able to remember her husband’s name during his controversial phone call to her. The call of condolence to Myeshia Johnson, widow of Sgt La David Johnson, made headlines last week when a Democratic congresswoman who heard it said the…
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Raqqa survivors tell their stories
As Britain pledges £10 million in aid for the ruined Syrian city of Raqqa, we hear from several families who’ve lived there since the so-called Islamic State proclaimed it their political capital and survived the brutal battle to drive the jihadists out. Their home was liberated by the mostly Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces. Film-maker Gabriel Chaim…
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IS loses power in one-time stronghold of Raqqa
After a five-month onslaught backed by US airstrikes, the Syrian Democratic Forces say they have taken full control of Raqqa from the Islamic State. The western backed troops drove IS fighters from their last holdouts this morning, freeing the remaining civilians who had been trapped inside. IS’s capital was one of the final bastions of…
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Idlib province hit by intensive bombing
Idlib province in north-west Syria has faced an intensive bombing campaign conducted by President Bashar al-Assad and his Russian allies. Yesterday an airstrike on a market reportedly killed ten people, including two children. Following a military push by President Assad, backed by Russian airstrikes, he has regained control of half the country. The people of…
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Former army officer elected Ukip leader
Ukip has avoided a split in its ranks after a former army officer was elected as its new leader, beating the far-right, anti-Islamic, candidate, Anne Marie Waters. Henry Bolton secured over 3,800 votes, 1,000 more than Ms Waters, who came second. The result, announced at the party’s conference in Torquay, was greeted with cheers in…
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FactCheck: Labour and antisemitism
The Labour party finds itself in the middle of a row over antisemitism – in the week when the party will change rules to explicitly forbid antisemitism. FactCheck investigates.
